IC 227
IC 227
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
282k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 227 as it looked roughly 482 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 919Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 901Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).